Educators offer walkthroughs of current exhibitions at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Walkthroughs begin in the lobby and last about 45 minutes; no reservations are required for individuals.

​The accelerated arrival of commercial art galleries and artist-run spaces in Boyle Heights and its adjacent neighborhoods are at the core of this roundtable discussion. The artist collective Ultra-red, long-time defenders of the public housing community in Los Angeles, will speak with Leslie Berestein Rojas, KPCC’s…

​Composers Michael Pisaro and Sara Roberts present a joint concert of The Dog Star Orchestra and The Readers Chorus. This program of manifestos for readers and experimental harmonies for singers, inspired by Fluxus composer James Tenney’s Valentine Manifesto, will use texts drawn fr…

Known for his experimental, surrealist prose, poet and Los Angeles native Will Alexander draws influence from the African diasporic experience and the international avant-garde, Aimé Césaire to André Breton, working through automatic writing to create new lexicons. Winner of the 2014 American Book Award, Alexander a…

Contributing-level members and higher are invited to a members-only happy hour and private walkthrough of Kerry James Marshall: Mastry. Please join us for this unique opportunity to learn more about an incredible exhibition and mix with other MOCA members over drinks and light hors …

​Join us for an on-site artisan demonstration and learn how Rhythmos Handmade Leathers creates its exquisitely designed leather goods. Since 2002, Rhythmos has been perfecting the art and practice of leather design from a studio in Satsuma, Japan. Come take a look at the tools and techniques used to create these gen…

​S. Løchlann Jain will present a lecture on the complex subject of cancer and its broad social implications on the occasion of Patrick Staff: Weed Killer. Jain’s 2016 J. I. Staley Prize–winning book, Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us, was an essentia…

This summer, MOCA is proud to introduce MOCA Music, a new and ongoing series of music at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo. MOCA will be collaborating with Spaceland, who is among the most legendary presenters of new and emerging music in L.A., reg…

​Rodrigo Toscano is an experimental poet, playwright, and labor activist whose work addresses borders. Sophia Le Fraga is a poet and artist who has presented works in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York exhibition and Performa 15. Ed Steck’s poetry is often drawn from his experiences with i…

​Join artisans from Kaikado and Kanaami-Tsuji as they demonstrate the traditional Japanese metal arts their workshops are celebrated for. A fifth-generation artisan from Kaikado will show how the company makes its famous Chazutsu tea canisters, a process with more than 130 steps; and a craftsman from Kanaami-Tsuji w…

A FULL SPECTRUM looks at the way artists map space. This video program points to the book postcolonial
space(s), edited by G. B. Nalbantoglu and C. T. Wong, which
begins “[The term postcolonial space] conveys both a negati…

A key figure in Southern California’s postwar “post-pottery” ceramics movement, Peter Shire rose to prominence as a member of the Milan-based design collective Memphis and is perhaps best known for his signature brightly colored, splatter-painted mugs and handcrafted earthenware. Shire and MOCA Assistant Curator Ann…

This summer, MOCA is proud to introduce MOCA Music, a new and ongoing series of music at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo. MOCA will be collaborating with Spaceland, who is among the most legendary presenters of new and emerging music in L.A., reg…

​Photographer Deana Lawson creates arresting portraits of perfect strangers. By representing the Black body both intimately and frontally, Lawson makes images that conjure narrative in a truly distinct visual style. With a practice centered on documentation of the familial, human sexuality, and the life cycle itself…